Tunnel Digger
On the StoneBreaker homeworld, mines were far below the surface and it was therefore necessary to dig out expansive tunnel systems into the stone. The Nedemos started a company dubbed Tunnel Digger and made good profit from it. Over the years their tunnel digging methods were nearly perfected, hardly any accidents happened in those tunnels. The company grew over the centuries and leadership was passed on to the sons of the Nedemos. When Vodul created the portals to Yliakum, the Tunnel Digger company was already in it's fifth generation and led by two brothers. Those two brothers had frequent disagreements and clashes until one of them decided to leave the StoneBreaker homeworld.
After arriving in Yliakum, he was astonished by the massive rocks surrounding the land. Years passed by until he decided to start the Tunnel Digger company in Yliakum. The fact that there were not yet many StoneBreaker brothers new land made it difficult for him. He was, however, able to hire a few other StoneBreaker men, as well as a few Kran, as they were way stronger and could easily remove the rubble. Once the the government was formed, the new laws forbade anyone from digging new tunnels in the Stone Labyrinths and therefore, by law, it was only possible to dig on the surface of the Dome. Nedemo had a hard time keeping the company alive. Brothers and Kran left the company and went their own ways. Centuries passed by and the Nedemos became a poor family. During that time they only kept one tunnel open, which ended in a cave. Their home.
Three generations later, a young Nedemo decided to leave the cave and travel to Hydlaa. Keeping with tradition, his father gave him leadership of the company, which now only existed in their memories. He worked hard, day and night, and was eventually able to purchase a small house. In time he found a wife and had two sons with her, Sacid and Chiroy. The two brothers could not have been more different. While Sacid spent most of his time with his father below the temple of Laanx, mining ores and gems for the local smiths and gemcutters, Chiroy was more of a mama's boy. Their mother made sure Chiroy got the best education they could afford with the few tria they had.
Chiroy learned to read and write and excelled in Mathematics. His father always said that it is a waste of time, but in the end Chiroy studied architecture and spent much time with the tunnel plans of his ancestors. He calls himself "Tunnel Architect" today.
Sacid was never interested in going to school. He learned reading and writing from his brother in the evenings, but he spent the rest of the day in the ruins below the temple. In his youth he started speaking with a strange accent for fun, no one knows why or where it came from, but over the years it became a part of Sacid. Today this accent is the only way he speaks.
Sacid and Chiroy do, however, have one thing in common. Their parents made sure that they both learn Yliakum Common instead of StoneBreaker. Neither of them speak the language of their dwarven brothers.
Their father decided to give the brothers joint ownership of the company, but put Sacid in charge, and for years they worked hard. Sacid continued to mine ores and gems while Chiroy drew up plans for tunnels and studied the laws - unfortunately he was unable to find a loophole in the laws that would allow them to make new tunnels.
Years passed by and Sacid grew tired of mining. He stepped back and gave Chiroy the overall leadership. Sacid found an interest in smithing and learned from Harnquist, later from Trasok. He is now the "Tool Smith" of the company. In his constant search for supplies, he met Zzurlosch, a HammerWielder. At first they had nothing more than a supply contract, later a friendship developed and Sacid took the decision to hire him for the company. Zzurlosch is not only a friend, but also an official representative for the company.
In the original Tunnel Digger company, only StoneBreakers were allowed to work, and in Yliakum Kran were also hired. Today it is a dwarven company only. HammerWielders are hired but still a little frowned upon. Both Sacid and Chiroy think that HammerWielders don't make good miners. But they will invite them if they see potential. As a member of the company you will be given a few tasks to start off with. Those will include finding mines and training the skills required to be a miner. Other tasks may include learning the basics of metalwork. At first you will be a student, because no matter how much you already know, there is always something new to learn. Later you can specialize in a field of interest. Become an ore miner, a gem miner, a smith, or choose the educational way and become an architect or a teacher.
No matter for which way you decide, when acting in the name of the company you will behave politely. In your free time you are free to do whatever you want.
OOCThere's no ranking system in the company, you start as student and then specialize.
Current game mechanics make it kind of hard to live the company as intended. We can give you a little starting funds, but unlike a real company we cannot give you a regular salary.
This is a company, not a guild. We are not responsible for the actions of our members in their free time - Is your boss IRL responsible for what you do in your free time?
We require you to be polite with other people OOC'ly, if we get frequent reports about bad behavior about a member we will find IC reasons for why we no longer can employ this member and will remove them from the guild.
IC'ly you are free to RP whatever you want, but when you are acting for the company we require good behavior.
Cheating is forbidden, there are no exceptions. If you find a bug in the game you should report it on the bug tracker and don't use it to gain advantages. Using bugs and exploits will not only get you removed from the guild instantly, but also will get you reported to the GM's.
Tunnel Digger was created as a one man fun guild once, that is why the guild is still very small and lacks story here and there. The guild (company!) is not meant to become a big one. We won't massrecruit, we won't invite on OOC requests, if you want to join, find a member, or let us find you and RP your way in.
For the lack of background story, mistakes and whatever: I'm open to suggestions (NOT TO RANTS!) and will edit this thread every now and then.
Sacid
EDIT: Fixes for grmmar and typos, thanks to Eliseth
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(and even if someone gets us to build a tunnel or even a tunnel system, it will have to be pretended that it is there, because game mechanics don't allow the carving of tunnels. I still suggest to not ask for 2 reasons, 1: the octarchy firbids it, 2: other people might ignore that you rp a tunnel there, which will raise only problems)
